About

Matthew Yao

Assistant Professor

  • (2024) Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
  • (2021) M.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
  • (2019) M.A.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • (2018) B.A.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. Prior to this, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University where I worked with Prof. Michael E Mueller. I completed my PhD at Caltech under the supervision of Prof. Guillaume Blanquart and my MASc at uWaterloo under the supervision of Prof. Jean-Pierre Hickey.